All this for 20 bucks an hour...
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Ah, fair enough. I've always worked for big employers as a permanent worker.
Cheers, Vıkram.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I've always worked for big employers as a permanent worker.
I've never worked for a big employer - it's probably something I may never experience in my career. Not that I mind much now, but it may have helped me earlier on in my career - specially all the politics and social differences of working for a massive company.
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Our sysadmin was complaining about this last week. Companies are looking for super admins, but aren't willing to pay the big bucks for qualified people. Just being capable with Active Directory is worth $20 an hour.
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Maybe. I've noticed that in the Salt Lake City area there has been an over all decline in salaries while at the same time there has been a marked increase in skill set requirements. Is it a trend? Maybe. It could also be an anomaly and will correct itself shortly when those positions remain unfilled.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
there has been an over all decline in salaries while at the same time there has been a marked increase in skill set requirements. Is it a trend?
Yes. It's happening in the UK as well. The type of rate/skill set in your original post is occasionally seen in UK job boards too.
Kevin
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Ok... Not sore, per se, but I think it a shame that someone tries to justify a low ball salary and their reasoning is someone else is stupid/pathetic/desperate enough to accept it.
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I think Nish's point was perfectly valid and reasonable. You didn't include any details so it's anyone's guess where this is or what it pertains to. He's quite right though: if you can't think outside the U.S., think of it in U.S. terms, pick a tiny, poor town in a poor state and think about how much they are paying an in-house computer tech at a starting level wage.
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I think Nish's point was perfectly valid and reasonable. You didn't include any details so it's anyone's guess where this is or what it pertains to. He's quite right though: if you can't think outside the U.S., think of it in U.S. terms, pick a tiny, poor town in a poor state and think about how much they are paying an in-house computer tech at a starting level wage.
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John Cardinal wrote:
if you can't think outside the U.S.,
Oh must I to be a good person?:(
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This highly depends on location and how long you have been out of work. If the job was in my area and the person was out of work for long enough I can see them taking this $20/hr job being that this is not a horrible salary in Pittsburgh, PA. Although I agree anyone with these qualifications has to be desperate to accept that.
John
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John Cardinal wrote:
if you can't think outside the U.S.,
Oh must I to be a good person?:(
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I'll settle for open minded... ;)
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Well, you know how us knuckle-dragging, slope-headed Yank are...never think about anyone but ourselves.
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Now Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar. Edit: To be sure, and knowing some will think me myopic, I'm really not concerned nor aware of the pay rates in India.
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Now Nish, I said 'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar. Edit: To be sure, and knowing some will think me myopic, I'm really not concerned nor aware of the pay rates in India.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
'bucks', American slang representing a "U.S." dollar
Slowly and steadily, I think even in India, people use this to denote local currency. :)
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If I take the calculation from Nish, ~44 000 $ ~ 34000€, that is a very common salary for someone in the IT in France. I have a lot of friends who do not even earn that. I've recently tried to move jobs in France, 5 years experienced programmer, for a project leading, I was offered 32 000€ a year.
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
They have got to be kidding!
Damn right! Nobody ever paid me anywhere near that much for knowing all that.
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